Pass or Fail-Week 2

After week two of college football, there really was not much going on worth noting.

If this week's Pass or Fail seems shorter than normal, that's because it actually is.

Head of the Class: Auburn can run the ball, again. The Tigers finally look like a team that might have a chance to go to a bowl. The Tigers are second in the country in offense thanks in large part to their ground game that went nuts on Mississippi State last Saturday. The Tigers are averaging 345 yards on the ground between Ben Tate and Onterio McCalebb, who are both averaging 6.9 yards per carry so far this season. Gus Malzhan has been doing well in his first two games, but Auburn doesn't face a defensive-minded team until they make their way to Knoxville October 3rd.

Pass: Huge Underdogs take the lead. Both Wyoming and Florida International were not expected to give their week two opponents a scare. Both teams were leading their top five opponent in games they would go on to lose by a combined score of 81-24. The Cowboys led Texas 10-6 in the second quarter, and were only down 13-10 at half, but Texas had an onslaught of 35 unanswered points. FIU led Alabama after a second-quarter TD to make it 14-13. The Crimson Tide responded with 27 unanswered points of their own en route to their second victory of the season. The small leads by both of these teams can only lead confidence for both squads as the season continues.

Fail: Week Two Scheduling down right sucks. You wonder why this blog is a day late and a dollar short? There was no game worth watching except USC-Ohio State, and even that game seemed ho-hum despite the way it ended. Many teams were playing pansy teams and what conference match-ups there were, they didn't garner any real attention. In a word: yawn.

Pass: Notre Dame/Michigan was mildly entertaining. Michigan looks to actually be able to challenge for eight wins and possibly second place in the Big Ten after the win over the Irish and a mild conference in their way. Tate Forcier is going to be a household name by the end of the season and could reach Tim Tebow status if the Wolverines can come away with a stellar season in 2009.

Fail: Colorado looks extremely rocky. The Buffs lost to in-state rival Colorado State last week, and then laid a huge egg in the middle of Ohio as Toledo ran, passed, and all out plowed right over Dan Hawkins' team. It seems more likely that Dan Hawkins will not survive the season and will have to leave his son to suffer on Boulder for the next two years.

Pass: College Football is so hot right now. As if the news on last Monday that FSU-Miami was the 2nd highest rated game to be seen on ESPN, it was found out that OSU/USC was the highest rated game, including bowls, in ESPN history. If this continues for the duration of the season, it wouldn't be surprising to see 2009 match-ups taking the top five spots of all-time on ESPN.

Fail: Oklahoma State was not ready for Prime Time. Give credit to Houston here, but the Cowboys had a huge let down against the Cougars on Saturday. Houston seemed to have control during most of the game, and T. Boone Pickens cannot be to pleased to be 1-1 in his brand new money pit. The Big XII isn't too pleased either with their teams from the Panhandle State as both of those teams have lost while being in the top five this year.

Epic Fail: Will there be such thing as a conference race this year? When you look at the BCS conferences this season, only the ACC seems to have a legitimate race. Sure, the Big XII North might have something, but lets face it: Florida will play Alabama in Atlanta, Texas will win the Big XII, Penn State will run through the Big Ten, USC will once again play for the Roses, and Cincinnati is going to hurt some teams in the Big East. No other team in any of those teams conferences/divisions have not shown any promise, and the old adage is the biggest improvements come between weeks one and two. The most intriguing conference may in fact be the Mountain West, with BYU and TCU looking like they could both crash the BCS, and the question of if Utah can recover. Other than that, once again: yawn.